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1. MBL v Shadforth [2016] NZIACDT 37 (3 August 2016) [pdf, 205 KB]

   ...ensure that appropriate standards of conduct are maintained in the occupation concerned. [21] The statutory purpose is achieved by considering at least four factors that materially bear upon maintaining appropriate standards of conduct: [21.1] Protecting clients: section 3 of the Act states that “[t]he purpose of this Act is to promote and protect the interests of consumers receiving immigration advice ...” [21.2] Demanding minimum standards of conduct: Dentice v Valuers Registrati...

2. Napier v Registrar of the Real Estate Agents Authority [2019] NZREADT 7 (25 Feb 2019) [pdf, 264 KB]

   ...the right of the media to report proceedings fairly and accurately as surrogates of the public. They also accepted, as a starting point, the need to take into account and recognise and apply the purposes of the Act, including the promotion and protection of the interests of consumers. [7] Mr McAnally submitted for Mr Napier that publication of the Tribunal’s substantive decision would give life to matters that are increasingly historical, would add nothing to what is already k...

3. LCRO 146/2019 AC v CJ (12 March 2020) [pdf, 146 KB]

   ...cover. Had Ms CJ been aware of the amount of legal fees that would be incurred as a result of her own actions, and which were ultimately being paid by her, matters would have been resolved a lot earlier. The express purposes of [the Act] include protection of the consumers of legal services and maintaining public confidence in the provision of 2 Standards Committee determination at [28]–[37]. 3 LCRO 272/2012 at [35]. 6 legal ser...

4. [2024] NZEnvC 143 Cooper v Kaipara District Council [pdf, 857 KB]

   ...(b) the formation of an internal private roading network and associated stormwater management infrastructure; (c) the creation of a 20m wide esplanade reserve and strip; (d) the provision of approximately 39ha of environmental benefit through the protection and enhancement of stream and riparian margins and bush habitats (to be protected for perpetuity by way of private land covenants and consent notice conditions); and (e) the provision of approximately 16ha of amenity enhancement and...

5. 04-Appendix-Four-DCR_Part1.pdf [pdf, 23 MB]

   ...Status: FINAL│ Project No.: 310203848 │ Our ref: 221010 DCR_V0.9.docx Page 11 Access underpass CH32900 Highway over 25-35 m Watercourse culverts are described in Section 3.9. 3.5. Safety Barriers The Project will include median and side protection barriers on the state highway in accordance with the Safe System philosophy. Barrier design parameters that are being adopted into the Project design include: • MASH testing level compliant median wire rope barrier throughout...

6. MacGregor v Craig (Rescission of Confidentiality Orders) [2016] NZHRRT 23 [pdf, 225 KB]

   ...circumstances which had led her to abandon her original “no publication” position in favour of the full publication for which she now argued were related to the four proceedings to which Mr Craig, not Ms MacGregor, is a party. In her view the protection afforded by the Tribunal’s interim orders has been overtaken by those proceedings because in them Mr Craig is once more publishing confidential and private information about her for the purpose of attempting to repair his own reputa...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 188 Wakatipu Equities Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 414 KB]

   ...instruments sufficiently clear without the need to draw from such extraneous sources. Overview of the NPS-HPL Objective and policies as to highly productive land [10] The NPS-HPL has a single objective (in cl 2.1): Highly productive land is protected for use in land-based primary production, both now and for future generations. [11] The NPS-HPL specifies several associated policies (cl 2.2), including: Policy 1: Highly productive land is recognised as a resource with finite...

8. [2015] NZEmpC 216 Roy v Tamaki College Board of Trustees no 3 interlocutory [pdf, 151 KB]

   ...concerning both the evidence given by witnesses and statements made by the Court, have been the subject of subsequent consideration and have been established in cross- examination of Mr Roy to be false. That means that the Court must examine very carefully and critically the other very serious allegations that the plaintiff has made, particularly about the school’s Principal and its then Board’s Deputy Chair. Some of those allegations may be described as sensational and they ar...

9. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 DM local Judith Pemberton [pdf, 107 KB]

   ...Conservation, Auckland Council and the contracting firm attended to rescue any penguins still present in the burrows. I observed as my son indicated to those representatives where the penguin burrows were located. A digger driver would then carefully prise the rocks away to reveal any remaining penguins. Although it was day time and most of the penguins would ordinarily be at sea, two penguins were rescued and relocated to a different island by Department of Conservation staff....

10. WC v AU LCRO 218 / 2012 (6 June 2013) [pdf, 94 KB]

    ...not the role of the Standards Committee to enforce standards of mere etiquette, it would seem usual to raise these matters with the other counsel not only as a matter of courtesy, but also to ensure that the interests of the client are properly protected and there is no duplication (such as the two Legal Aid applications) or confusion. [35] It is clear that there is no property in a client and that a client may change lawyers should they choose to do so. It was therefore not inapp...